Chapter 310: Dead Daoist Friends Don't Die Poor Daoist
"Let these women and children go, let them find animal skins to wear, then clean up the cave, and find someone older to come over!"
Xu Chen slowly recovered at this time and gave a few instructions. Soon, under the shouts of Feng and others, the women, children, old and young who were squatting among the prisoners were dragged up, pointing at the animal skins and messy things scattered all over the floor.
Things, let them start packing.
Several of the older women were brought to Xu Chen alone.
Although they don't understand the language, they can still communicate through simple gestures.
Xu Chen drew pictures and communicated with several middle-aged women for a while. Although he did not figure out the specific reasons for the fight between the two clans, he could roughly deduce some useful information through the back and forth gestures and conversations of several frightened women.
All the men in this tribe have been killed. The tribe that attacked them is half a day away from here, called the Maotun tribe. In the southeast direction, there is a forked valley along the valley, where the enemy came from.
Xu Chen made simple gestures to appease the women, saying that he came from the other side of the river and had no ill intentions, and asked them not to be frightened.
After some effort, the frightened emotions of the women calmed down a little. Xu Chen summoned Feng and the three team captain sergeants, grabbed a few more prisoners, and began to interrogate them collectively.
In response to the inquiries from Xu Chen and others, these people answered some questions with blind guesses in panic. Xu Chen and others could also guess at some of the simplest information.
The two tribes had a grudge. Probably two people from their tribe lost their way not long ago. They found that they were killed or eaten by this person they called the La tribe, so they organized people to kill them. After half a month
There had been a battle before, and the La men suffered heavy casualties. This time they simply killed them.
There were not many people in the La tribe, there were only about fifty people in total, more than a dozen men, old and young. After two beatings, they were completely dead. The few who were killed and eaten today are the remaining ones.
After asking, Xu Chen counted the remaining women, children, old and young of the La tribe. In total, there were thirty-three people. In addition to the few who were killed, the number of the other party's people, including the injured, was thirty-five.
The total number of people was about the same as what was initially estimated outside, about seventy people in total.
Fortunately for the La tribe, there were only a group of women, children, old and weak people left, not even a slightly older boy. They were either killed or eaten, and there was no threat at all.
But the remaining thirty or so Maotun people are in some trouble. These are all strong adult men. Although they have been captured, it is not good to stay, and it is not good to drive them away.
Staying and spending the night together would definitely pose a major safety risk.
And driving them away is even worse. Once they run back to their tribe, they may attract more revenge from their companions.
Of course, you can also leave here directly on a raft early tomorrow morning, which will not have any impact, but the purpose of this trip is to find out the distribution of tribes on both sides of the Wulong River, and at the same time find a way to conquer them. Leaving like this will only leave a hatred
The seeds will be more troublesome to harvest again in the future.
Long trouble is worse than short trouble.
Xu Chen thought about it and decided to take a risk tonight to see these people stay, and then he would soon be done with it. He might as well set out to visit the Maotun tribe tomorrow and try to conquer this tribe completely.
In order to find out more about the Maotun tribe, Xu Chen rested for a while and then had several prisoners of the Maotun tribe arrested again and began to interrogate them.
Although communication between the two parties is difficult due to language barriers, some simple information can still be inferred through gestures.
Moreover, Xu Chen believed that even if the opponent was as powerful as the Uzbek people, the forty soldiers he led who were strictly trained and well-equipped would be enough to win this war with completely asymmetric information and weapons.
If it doesn't work, they will resort to the same old trick, use a small number of people to hold back the Maotun hunters, and then take a detour to steal the Ta Maotun's lair. As long as they capture the other's women and children, I believe that no matter how much resentment and strength the other party has, they will still be unable to do so in the end.
Do not surrender and admit defeat.
Although this tactic is shameless, it has to be said that it is very effective.
He is not yet a serious king and does not need to restrain himself because of morality.
What's more, facing a group of primitive savages who eat human flesh, there is no morality to talk to them.
However, after the interrogation was over, Xu Chen felt that his worries were too unfounded, because according to the gestures of several prisoners, the Maotun tribe was probably about the same size as the Cang tribe, and definitely not as numerous as the Wu tribe.
In other words, their number of men will not exceed a hundred at most.
At present, forty people have come here to deal with the La tribe, and there are less than sixty people left in the tribe.
And the remaining sixty people are definitely not strong people, they belong to the old and weak group, and their combat effectiveness is definitely much lower.
Since then, the threat from the other side has been reduced by half.
The most important thing is that Xu Chen suddenly had a new idea, that is, he would release some prisoners back to persuade him to surrender. He could use the remaining prisoners as hostages and threaten to kill a few of them if they did not surrender.
As the saying goes, it is much safer to kill a few prisoners and rely on intimidation to win a war than to risk a battle to win.
He brought out the strongest warriors of the Ba tribe. It was best to bring them back intact, otherwise even if they conquered countless tribes, they would still not feel the joy and satisfaction of victory.
Although King Tu's hegemony is full of thorns, dangers, fire and blood, the best thing is to be immortal.
In other words, try not to kill your own people.
At sunset, Mo, who was guarding the raft, led his team to the La cave to meet Xu Chen and others. When they took out large and small pots, pots, pots and dishes from the rattan baskets, the two tribesmen and women completely
shocked.
What kind of magical thing is this?
What is it used for?
"Don't be stupid, wash it, put the wheat beans in it and cook it, and take out the animal meat..."
However, the Ba people did not give these men, women, and children a chance to be in a daze. They shouted loudly and ordered the La women to quickly wash all the pots and pots and take out all the food they collected.
A group of women lined up timidly to carry these noble and elegant magical items to a nearby river for cleaning. Some people used animal skins to pull out some wheat beans and other plant seeds from the cave.
"Rou Ga, Rou Ga!"
Looking at these shriveled wheat beans, some guys from the captive army pointed at the cave and shouted loudly. Seeing that the women couldn't understand, they took out a piece of smoked and dried animal meat from the vine basket and pointed it to them.
All the women shook their heads in horror and said no.
A few guys didn't believe it, so they ran into the cave to take pictures, then came out holding their noses and spitting.
As expected, there was nothing inside, and it smelled musty.
This smell is actually similar to every tribe living in caves, but these guys who captured the army can no longer tolerate this smell after the Ba tribe got used to living in stone houses and shacks.
Seeing a group of people making a lot of noise, Xu Chen went over and asked a few questions, but said nothing and asked someone to bring out some dried meat pellets.
There has always been a feud between the La and Mao Tun people, and all the La men died in the two wars, so it is normal to have no meat.
Moreover, according to the captive army who entered the cave to look for food, there were actually not many wheat beans in it. There were only a few left in the stone nest, and they were all shriveled.
"The food we brought is enough to last for several days. You go and teach them how to wash rice and make porridge. We'll talk about it tomorrow!"
Xu Chen waved his hand and asked the Ba hunter to take the meat pellets to the river and instruct the women on how to wash them, how much water to add, etc. After finishing, the women lined up cautiously and carried them back to the cave, and cooked them in the campfire according to the instructions.
Cook it up.
As for a group of Maotun captives, more than a dozen who had been hit by arrows had their arrows removed and were simply bandaged and treated, while the rest were arranged to collect dead branches and firewood in the mountains and forests.
In the midst of the busy work, the sun quickly set, and the valley quickly became dark at dusk. The cold wind blew past, and the mountains and forests rippled with waves. The sounds of wolves, bears, tigers, and leopards began to sound in the surrounding mountains and fields far and near.
Wait for the beast to howl.
Several large bonfires were burning in front of the cave, and the food in the clay pots began to smell delicious.
For the La and Mao Tun people, this is a food aroma they have never smelled before. It is extremely strong and makes their stomachs churn more than burnt barbecue, so they all start to drool uncontrollably.
By this time everyone was already hungry.
In particular, a group of women, children, and children of the La tribe had not had a full meal for a long time, let alone meat. They were all dark-faced and hungry. Some of the children began to cry under the temptation of the strong aroma of such food.
"Howl, beat up!" A guy from the captive army jumped up and threatened loudly.
As a result, a group of La women, children, old and young were all kept silent, and the crying children had their mouths tightly covered by the adults, for fear that they would be grabbed by these murderous guys and thrown to death.
Today, after the Maotun tribe came in, several of their children had already been thrown to death.
Xu Chen sat by the campfire and stirred the food in the pot with a clay spoon. He scooped it up and took a small taste. He felt it was already cooked, so he scooped up half a bowl, stirred it with a spoon and blew it to cool down. He personally served the food that had just been crying.
In front of the little guy who howls the loudest.
He was only about three or four years old. Although he was dark and thin, he had an extremely loud voice.
And this also proves the saying, a child who cries gets milk.
He was the first person Xu Chen took care of.
Seeing Xu Chen coming over with a bowl, the weak woman hugging the little boy tightly was so frightened that she covered the child's mouth even harder. The child was covered and kept kicking and struggling, and it seemed that he was about to suffocate.
"Let go, if you push harder, the child will be gone!"
Xu Chen knelt down and ordered Gu Heju, who was protecting him personally, to pry the woman's hand away.
The child was probably frightened at this time, gasping for air and not crying or fussing.